Impact of hydrographic data assimilation on the modelled Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Smith, G. C.; Haines, K.; Kanzow, T.; Cunningham, S.

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Impact of hydrographic data assimilation on the modelled Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

G. C. Smith, K. Haines, T. Kanzow, and S. Cunningham

G. C. Smith

Environmental Systems Science Centre, University of Reading, Reading, UK

now at: Environment Canada, Montreal, Canada

K. Haines

Environmental Systems Science Centre, University of Reading, Reading, UK

T. Kanzow

National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton, UK

now at: IFM-GEOMAR, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

S. Cunningham

National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton, UK

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